The direction came on a plea that sought, among other things, rotational transfers for forensic doctors in Delhi every three years 'to prevent the development of vested interests and unholy nexuses'. The Delhi High Court has directed government authorities to decide on a representation regarding the implementation of the Medico-Legal Examination and Postmortem Reports System (MedLEaPR) project in Delhi within eight weeks. The ruling came as the court on September 30 disposed of a PIL petition filed by Dr Subhash Vijayran, a doctor-turned-lawyer, who sought time-bound implementation of the system similar to that in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
In his petition, Dr Vijayran sought directions for the government to declare the position of forensic doctor as a sensitive post and mandate compulsory rotational transfers for all forensic doctors working in the mortuaries and forensic medicine departments in Delhi every three years “to prevent the development of vested interests and unholy nexuses”. A bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, which disposed of the petition, noted that a representation had been made to government authorities on August 20, but it had yet to be addressed.
